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London: E5 Bakehouse



I wish I could tell you more about E5 Bakehouse and its bakers but both the shop and the lab were so busy when we arrived that I didn’t dare interrupt by asking questions. We were welcome warmly though and when he heard I was a bread blogger, Jean Kearn, the French barista (a talented musician as I later learned) took me to the back for a quick hello.

The bakers were shaping the multigrain, working a mile a minute. We exchanged smiles and greetings. But there was no time for more. Next time I am in London, I’ll make sure to call ahead. Meanwhile this video I found on E5’s website will give you a glimpse of the bakery. I suppose the gleaming new Austrian mill I saw in the next room (the mill house) was acquired after the clip was shot since it isn’t mentioned.

I would love to talk to the miller (see here for info on the flours and grains). There were samples in a basket on the counter and I had a taste of the new country loaf, made with wheat milled in-house. It had a terrifically wild and rustic flavor and I fell in love all over again!

I had left a card with my email address and a few hours later I heard from Alexandre Bettler (in the blue shirt on the picture). Alexandre is French and his dream is to open a bakery in London. Towards that goal, he already operates in Clapton Today Bread, a micro-bakery where he does one bake a week with a focus on organic rye breads. The bread is delivered by bike locally both to shops and to subscribers. Yet another bakery to put on the list for the next visit…

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  1. saveonsymbicort.com says

    June 21, 2017 at 5:14 am

    Ben MacKinnon s tiny E5 Bakehouse is tucked away in the arches underneath London Fields station.

    Reply
  2. Bokep terbaru says

    March 26, 2020 at 3:41 pm

    Good info. Lucky me I ran across your blog by accident (stumbleupon).
    I’ve book-marked it for later!

    Reply

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  1. Meet the Baker: Alex Bettler says:
    July 22, 2016 at 8:59 am

    […] to learn the trade. It actually took him three years. He worked at several bakeries: Better Health, E5, Brick House Bread. Alex says that there is a sharing spirit in London that doesn’t exist in […]

    Reply
  2. London: a visit to E5 Bakehouse says:
    August 24, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    […] E5 Bakehouse is located in Hackney, East London, under railway arches near the London Fields station. As it was raining when we got there, I didn’t stop to take an outside picture but if you are curious, there are a few on the bakery’s website or you can google “E5 Bakehouse images.” Alternatively you can look up my 2015 post. […]

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